Clearing
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Clearing may refer to:
- Glade (geography)Glade (geography)A glade or clearing is an open area within a woodland. Glades are often grassy meadows under the canopy of deciduous trees such as red alder or quaking aspen in western North America. They also represent openings in forests where local conditions such as avalanches, poor soils, or fire damage have...
, a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area - DeforestationDeforestationDeforestation is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a nonforest use. Examples of deforestation include conversion of forestland to farms, ranches, or urban use....
, the clearing away of trees to make farmland - Clearing (finance)Clearing (finance)In banking and finance, clearing denotes all activities from the time a commitment is made for a transaction until it is settled. Clearing is necessary because the speed of trades is much faster than the cycle time for completing the underlying transaction....
, the process of settling a transaction after committing to it - Market clearingMarket clearingIn economics, market clearing refers to either# a simplifying assumption made by the new classical school that markets always go to where the quantity supplied equals the quantity demanded; or# the process of getting there via price adjustment....
, the matching of supply and demand via price movement - Clearing, ChicagoClearing, ChicagoClearing, one of the 77 official community areas, is located on the southwest side of the City of Chicago, Illinois. The southern portion of Chicago Midway International Airport is located in this community area.- History :...
, a community area in Chicago, US - Clearing (telecommunications)Clearing (telecommunications)Clearing, in telecommunications means:* A sequence of events used to disconnect a call and return to the ready state. It is sometimes, particularly in the context of common channel signaling, called teardown....
, the disconnecting of a call - Clearing (UCAS), used by some applicants applying for higher education courses in the UK – helps applicants without places to find institutions with courses that still have places available
- Clearing (album)Clearing (album)Clearing is a guitar solo album by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith. It was Frith's first solo guitar recording since Live in Japan and his first solo guitar studio recording since his landmark 1974 album Guitar Solos....
, an album by Fred Frith - Yarn clearing, in textile industry